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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Cognates (English Iii Reading)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
In this lesson you'll learn about different types of cognates, words that sound or look alike from one language to the next. You'll learn how leveraging cognate knowledge helps you figure out unfamiliar words in English. When you combine...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Time

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this self-guided unit, you will be working with literature which is centered on the themes of past, present and future. You will experience several different literary perceptions of the past and the future by reading ancient...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: That's Greek

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Did you know that at least half of the words in the English language are derived from Greek and Latin roots? Students use these roots to grasp meaning of words before looking them up in the dictionary....
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Article
University of California

Ucmp: Name a Dinosaur Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This article shows how scientists put together the scientific names of dinosaurs using Greek and Latin roots.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Minimus Lectio Vi

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to accompany the Minimus textbook, Lesson 6. There are images of jewelry and Latin roots too.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Take Their Word for It!

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Students learn how scientific terms are formed using Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes, and on that basis, learn to make an educated guess about the meaning of a word. Students are introduced to the role played by metaphor in...
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Greek Mythology: All 7 Word Puzzles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers a MYTHOLOGY word list (56 words) in seven word puzzles. To solve the mythology word puzzles use the Latin root or Latin word part, the vocabulary definition, part of speech and the Greek Mythology vocabulary word list....
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: Noise

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The words noise, nausea, and naval all stem from the same Latin root. Jessica Oreck divulges how their spellings and meanings diverged from the original naus. [2:02]
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Lesson Plan
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: 14 Prefixes in Word Puzzles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers links to 112 vocabulary words from these 14 prefix word game puzzles (eight words for each prefix). Select the prefix; links are: AB - AD - BE - COM - DE - DIS - EN - EX - IN - PRE - PRO - RE - SUB - UN. Then select the...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: Miniature

For Students 9th - 10th
Miniature's root may be Latin, but its meaning is rooted in books, where red pigment was used to denote chapter breaks. Jessica Oreck explains how we got from there to the meaning of miniature today: something smaller than others of its...
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Study Guide
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Act Test Prep

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Five separate lesson plans provide 60 ACT words. Latin and Greek roots facilitate mastery of unfamiliar words. The ACT and other standardized tests for college entrance use similar words in ACT test prep exams. The word puzzles are...
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Study Guide
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Gre Test Prep

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Features GRE test prep and GRE practice tests. Right now one of 12 separate lesson plans provide 12 ACT words (goal is 144 words) in a lesson plan of 12 words each. Latin and Greek roots facilitate mastery of unfamiliar words. The GRE...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather Watchers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to some essential meteorology concepts so they more fully understand the impact of meteorological activity on air pollution control and prevention. First, they develop an understanding of the magnitude and...

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